Revista de trastornos y sistemas genitales

Clinical, Investigative, Postoperative Status in Cervical Precancer and Cancer

Shakuntala Chhabra, Kavita Saharan and Srujana D

Clinical, Investigative, Postoperative Status in Cervical Precancer and Cancer

Early diagnosis and accurate staging are essential for appropriate management of cervical cancer, one of the most common cancers and leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The objective of present study was to know the correlation between clinical,investigative, surgical and histopathological diagnosis in suspicious and staging in obvious cancer cases. Study subjects were of 20-64 years, diagnosed over 2 years with aid of visual inspection (VI), vaginal and cervical cytology, visual inspection after application
of acetic acid (VIA), VI after application of Lugol’s iodine (VILI), followed by colposcope guided cervical biopsy, intraoperative and postoperative staging after histopathology of specimen in clinically suspicious and obvious cancer cases.